Asian Games 2014: Day 2 Results, Updated Medal Table and Incheon Schedule

After two days of competition, home comforts are proving fruitful for South Korea, who retained their place at the summit of the medal table, just about fending off the Chinese challenge.    

After Sunday's action, both nations sit poised on 12 gold medals apiece, the home country having won one more silver than their close rivals to keep China at arm's length.     

The events on display in Day 2's schedule were myriad, including judo, gymnastics and fencing, but it was in the pool that matters somewhat ironically heated up, the shooters doing their bit to impress, too.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Korea	12	10	9	31
2	China	12	9	11	32
3	Japan	7	8	11	26
4	Mongolia	2	2	4	8
5	Kazakhstan	2	1	5	8
6	DPR Korea	2	0	3	5
7	Vietnam	1	2	4	7
8	Chinese Taipei	1	1	2	4
9	Malaysia	1	1	0	2
10	Hong Kong	1	0	3	4
10	India	1	0	3	4
12	Indonesia	0	2	1	3
13	Kuwait	0	2	0	2
13	Macau	0	2	0	2
15	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
15	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
17	Singapore	0	0	3	3
18	Uzbekistan	0	0	2	2
-	Laos	0	0	0	0
-	Maldives	0	0	0	0

Hosts South Korea Shoot for Gold

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The home nation claimed another gold on Sunday in the 10-metre Air Pistol men's team event, with up-and-coming hotshot Kim Cheong-yong aiding his side after already featuring well in the individual events.

A South Korean line-up of Kim, Jin Jong-oh and Lee Daemyung took first place, the latter two of those stars having come second in Saturday's 50-metre equivalent, showing their quality from shorter range.

As Inside The Games can confirm, it was an especially fruitful day's work for 17-year-old Kim, who also earned gold in the 10-metre Air Pistol event. His age is proving no barrier in preventing him from standing up to the rest of the field:

India have their own equivalent starlet in the shape of Jitu Rai, and after winning his country's first gold of the Asian Games on Saturday with triumph in the 50-metre Air Pistol men's event, he led his side to bronze in Sunday's 10-metre Air Pistol men's team.

It was agonisingly close for the Indians, too, as their score of 1743.64 was just 0.01 shy of silver medallists China, while South Korea ran clear with a tally of 1744.71 points.

China and Japan Struggle for Pool Dominance

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Both swimming powerhouses had their reasons for joy and angst on Sunday as the back-and-forth between China and Japan lingered on in the pool events.

Among the highlight results came a gold for Kosuke Hagino of Japan in the 200-metre freestyle, who edged China's Sun Yang with a time of one minute and 45.23 seconds, just five-hundredths of a second off the winning pace.

Prior to the clash, all attention was focused on favourites Sun and South Korea's Park Tae-hwan, but Hagino overtook in the final 10 metres to stun the crowd.

Speaking to Agence France-Presse (h/t France 24) before Sunday's race, even Japanese coach Norimasa Hirai was quick to distance his pupil from chances of taking top spot:

"Hagino will be racing two Olympic champions," he said. "I think he will get amongst the freestyle medals but to win gold he would have to swim at a level where he could win an Olympic gold and I think that's asking a little too much."

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Those doubts would appear misplaced in retrospect, and if Hirai's comments are at all to be believed, one might now expect 20-year-old Hagino to produce big things in the Olympic tests to come.

Ryosuke Irie made it two swimming gold medals in 40 minutes for the Japanese, too, breaking the Asian Games' 100-metre backstroke record with a time of 52.34 seconds. Hagino recovered remarkably quickly to take bronze in that final, Xu Jiayu of China claiming his silver.

Swim Swam confirmed Irie's speedy finish, among the finest seen this calendar year:

China did earn redemption in the 400-metre women's freestyle not long after, with Zhang Yuhan getting the better of team-mate Bi Yirong to finish in four minutes and 7.67 seconds.